Flip for Profit Garage Sale Finds

There’s really no special talents required to find items at a garage sale and flip them online for profits. It just takes some common sense, research and some basic e-commerce internet skills.

Here are a handful of items you can look for at the next garage sale in your neighborhood to start making a quick profit with:

Ball Mason Jars

People love collecting these because they have so many different uses, from storage, to decorative to drinking glasses. On eBay some Ball Mason Jars are selling for as much as $100.

Brand Jeans and going auction rates:

True Religion: $81.00

Levi’s (lEvis): $100+

Sinful: $50

Silver: up to $40

Lucky Brand: $12

PEZ Candy Dispensers

Holiday PEZ and sets are popular

PEZ Pre-1990 (from the 1970′s like Bugs Bunny)

Rare, limited edition PEZ or Foreign PEZ

Legos / GI Joes / Star Wars Action Figures

Y-Wing Starfighter Set going for $41.40 with 18 bids

Sets of Star Wars Legos $250+

GI Joes (with file cards) $50+

Betty Crocker Cookbooks
Betty was prolific in publishing cookbooks, but if you can pick up the right old copy for a few dollars, you may make a tidy profit.

Her 1956 hardcover edition sold for $61 on Ebay with 8 bids

A 1980 orange hardcover edition sold for $13.01 with 4 bids

Vintage Dresses & Costume Jewelry

These cost a pretty penny if you buy them new, and the most popular right now are patterns from past eras. Seen for sale for 10 cents at a church sale according to shoppers, but they’ll go for $5-$12 on Etsy shops

Patagonia Fleece

Ebay buyers seem to love these, one is currently $50 on eBay with 12 bids, a navy one is $31 with 21 bids. Also, a blue one, with half a day left in bidding, is up to $20 with 5 bids.

Twilight Series Books

Readers on Ebay can’t get enough of Stephanie Meyer. The four set of new Twilight books is in demand, and if you run across it a rummage sale, you can turn it around for up to $43. Several listings and bids on this. The audio CD’s of the series is going for $101 with 25 bids to date.

Magazines

Steer away from service magazines that are stacked in most households. Vogue’s from the 60′s and those with a celeb on the cover, such as Princess Grace, can fetch up to $20 on Ebay. Currently the September 09 issue has attracted 14 bids topping out at $15.50.

Hudson Bay Blankets

On Ebay they’re selling in the range from $52 to $140.

So the next time you’re out at a tag sale, be sure to spend a little extra time shifting through the stuff for sale, you might just find a diamond in the rough… or an extra $50 for your pocket.